# biorach
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /bʲɪˈɾˠɑx/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish birach, berach (“pointed, sharp; having pointed ears, horned”). By surface analysis, bior (“pointed rod or shaft; spit, spike; point”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

#### Adjective

biorach (genitive singular masculine bioraigh, genitive singular feminine bioraí, plural bioracha, comparative bioraí)
* pointed
* sharp

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Noun

biorach m (genitive singular bioraigh, nominative plural bioraigh)
* sharp, tricky, person
* (card games) trick-winning card

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
biorach
bioraigh
vocative
a bhioraigh
a bhioracha
genitive
bioraigh
biorach
dative
biorach
bioraigh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an biorach
na bioraigh
genitive
an bhioraigh
na mbiorach
dative
leis an mbiorach don bhiorach
leis na bioraigh :

##### Derived terms

* biorach lodáin (“stickleback”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

biorach f (genitive singular bioraí, nominative plural bioracha)
* Alternative form of bearach (“muzzle; cone-like aperture of lobster-pot”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
biorach
bioracha
vocative
a bhiorach
a bhioracha
genitive
bioraí
biorach
dative
biorach
bioracha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bhiorach
na bioracha
genitive
na bioraí
na mbiorach
dative
leis an mbiorach don bhiorach
leis na bioracha :

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

biorach m (genitive singular bioraigh, nominative plural bioraigh)
* Alternative form of bearach (“heifer, young cow”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
biorach
bioraigh
vocative
a bhioraigh
a bhioracha
genitive
bioraigh
biorach
dative
biorach
bioraigh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an biorach
na bioraigh
genitive
an bhioraigh
na mbiorach
dative
leis an mbiorach don bhiorach
leis na bioraigh :

##### Descendants

* → Yola: benagh

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “biorach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “biorach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish birach, berach (“pointed, sharp; having pointed ears, horned”). By surface analysis, bior +‎ -ach.

### Adjective

biorach (genitive singular masculine bioraich, comparative bioraiche)
* sharp, pointed
* prickly, thorny
* barbed

#### Derived terms

* muc-bhiorach
* uèir bhiorach

#### Related terms

* biorag
* bioran

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “berach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language